Egg carrier or receptacle.



ESSINGTON N. GILFILLAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; GILFILLAN EXEUTRIX OF SAID ESSINGTON N. G-ILFI'LLAN, YDECEASIED.

EGG CARRIER-0R RECEPTACLE. y

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jun@ 18, 1912,

Application med July 15, 190s. serial nb. 443,603.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that EssINGToN N. GILFIL specification.

This invention relates to improvements in egg carriers .or receptacles, and the primary object ofthe same is to provide an improved, simple, durable and inexpensive device of this character which is adapted to be collapsed and shipped in a knocked down condition.

A further object is to provide an ini; proved device of this character comprising a flexible body portion ladapted to be bent into shape, and improved means for hold-v ing the parts in position for use. l

A further object is to provide improved means for dividing the body portion into the desired number of compartments. 'v

A further object is to provide improved locking and dividing strips for the body portion, and improved means for holding said strips against accidental displacement.

.To the attainment of these ends and the,

accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the` invention consists in the features of novelty in the const-ruction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the ac'- companyingdrawings illustrating an embodiment of the invention, 1and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of an improved device of this character constructed in accordance with t-he principles oftbis invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the body portion in a knockedv down condition for shipment. Fig. 3 is asectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, showing two of these receptacles connected rtogether and coperating to form a closed receptacle or carrier. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the locking and dividing strips for holding the body portion in position for use. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion :of a modified form of the blank, and Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the modification.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, and in the present exempliiication of the invention, the numeral .10 designates the body portion of the receptacle which may .the respective partitions.

be constructedof any desired or suitable material, such as card board, or the like. This body portion may be of any size and configuration, according to the size of the receptacle it is desired to construct, and is preferably rectangular in configuration. The body portion is provided along two diametrically opposite edges with vspaced slots 11, 'which open outwardly through the edges of the body, and the slots in one edge are arranged in line with the slots in the oppiosite edge. The body portion is also provided with a lplurality of slots 12, arranged within the edges. of the body portion and in line lwith the slots 11 in the edges of the body. 1 These intermediate slots 12 are preferably spaced from each other to form par- .allel rows andare also spaced from the slot-s in the respective adjacent edges. Any number of these slot-s 11 may be provided, according to the number of compartments into which it is'desired to divide the receptacle, and any number of slots 12 may be provided, according to the number of partitions itis desired to form in the b'ody The blank thus formed and comprising the body portion 10 is adapted yto be bent to form partitions 13, which extend'entirely across the body portion and are-parallel with the edges of the blank. \In the present exemplication of the invention, the blank is provided with two rows of slots 12 to form two partitions 13, and thegbody portion is provided with creases 14 which intersectv the slots 12, said creases adapting the material to form the partitions 13 and when so bent, the lower edges of the slots 12 will be substantially ,in line with .each other below the edge of the partition, and will open through the to of The edges o the body portion in which the slots 11 are located are also bent, as atl, to kform side walls which are spaced from and are parallel with the respective partitions 13, and the Walls 15 are of such a height that the slots 11 therein will register with the slots 12 and the bottom of the slots will be located in substantially the same plane as the bottom of the slots 12. Suitable locking strips 16 may be provided for holding the body portion in position when thus bent. These material, but are preferably constructed of the same material of which the body portion 10 is constructed, and are ot a height substantially equal to the'height of the' slots 12 when the body portion is bent into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, so that when the locking strips 16 are placed in position to extend transversely across the body portion 10 andv to rest in the respective alined slots 11,12, t-he upper edge of the locking strip will be substantially flush with longitudinal displacement with respect tot the body portion in. any desired or suitable manner, and for this 'purpose the strips may' beprovided withrecesses 17 which extend transversely thereacrcss. These recesses' 17 lare arranged lin each face of thestrips 16 to form a thin division wall 18, which wall is of a width substantially equal to the width of the slots 11, 12. `Each of the strips'16 is provided with coperating recesses 17 for each of the partitions 13 and the side walls 15, so that when the .strips 16 are placed in position with the respective partitions 18, located within their respective slots 11, 12,

the shoulders 19 formed by the recesses 17 f will stand on opposite sides of the partitions and the vside walls to hold .the strips 16- against longitudinal displacement. Obviously, the recesses17 which stand adjacent the partitions are of a -width greater than the width of the recesses adapted to receive the walls 15. YAny number of these locking strips 16 may be provided for dividing the spaces between the partitions 13, and the side walls 15, into any desired number of compartments, and in the present exemplicatlon of the inventiomve of such strips are provided which coperate vwith the side walls and two partitions 13 for dividing the receptacle or carrier into twelve compart.

ments, two of the'strips 16 serving to form end walls of the receptacle.

When it is desired to collapse the recep tacle, all that is necessary is to remove or detach thelocking strips16 from the body portion, after which the latter may be stretched out into a flat form, as shown in Fig. 2, so that any number of these receptacles may be shipped in a compact space in a v collapsed form to the user, who may assemble the parts to form the receptacles in the manner `set forth.

If desired, two of such receptacles may be connected togetherl by a suitable connecting device 20, which may be'ofany desired constructlon, and this device 20 is adapted to engage. one of the walls 15 of two sections,

which the other receptacle may be closed Y upon vthe lower receptacle in the manner shown in Fig. 8 of'the drawing, so that one of the sections will serve as a cover for the other section. v p

Obviously, the connecting or fastening device 20 may be dispensed' with, and one of these receptacles loosely placed upon the top of another, in which event they will be held from displacement with respect to each other by the eggs within the compartments, which project into both of the coperatingv compartments. It is also to be understood that the grooves or recesses 17 may also be formed in any desired or suitable manner.

There are, ofcourse, many ways in which A trated 1n Fig. 6, and consists in making the top and bottom blanks in one iece. When thls is done, however, it is desirable to prof vide the combined blanks at their line of conjunction with an offset bend 20a, which not only constitutes the hinge uponwhich the top and bottom members of the carrier turn relative to each other, but which forces these members away from one another when Ithey are'opened, and .thereby prevents the protruding ends of the strips or partitions 16 from interfering with the opening movement. In' order that the strips may be inserted in their respective slots -11, notwithstanding the presence of the shoulders 19 at the ends thereof, the slots are made as shown in F ig. 5 with enlargements 11b which join the two adjacent slots 11a in the extreme edges of the top and bottom sections of the carrier, these enlargements 11b allowing the shoulders 19 at the ends of the strips to pass through the Voutward bend 2Oa when the strips are being inserted. y In order that the invention might be fully understood the details of the foregoin embodiment thereof have been thus speci cally described, but

What I claim as new is: Y

v1. A device. of the class described comprising a single piece of fiexible material .bent to form the parallel walls and partitions of an egg carrier, said walls and ar titions being provided with slotted e ges, said slots being alined transversely to said walls and partitions, and fastening strips removably seated in said slots, said strips being of a thickness greater than the width of the slots and provided with rooves adapting them to be inserted edgewise into said slots. l

2. A device of the class described comprising a single iece of material provided .with creases to orm the bottom and side walls of-a receptacle, and a plurality of par- :titions intermediate of said side wa11s,`each ofv said partitions comprising two spaced walls lprovided' with a gilura'lity of* slots in the edges thereof, and astening devices extending transversely lof the receptacle, said.

devices being of thickness greater than "the width of the slots and transversely goved f to fit said slots for locking the parts 1n position `and for dividing vthe receptacle intesa plurality of compartments.

3. A-device of the class '/des'eribed,w1naide.

of a sheet of flexible material rcvided with folding creases wherebyy it is aI apted 'to form an egg carrier in sections, each of said' sec-` tions comprising walls and partitions .for separating the eggs, said partitlons and walls being provided with slots opening from the edges thereof, fastening strips of a thickness greaterV than 'the'width of the sl'ots`and provided with grooves adapting them to be inserted edgewise intofsaid slots, the portions f said 'sections forming said offset bend: beingprovided with enlarged openings communlcating with the slots adjacent thereto topermit the passage of the ends of said ESSINGTON N. GILEILLAN;

Witnesses:

FRANCIS A. HOPKINS, CEAS. H. SnEM. 

